Peasant Revolt (Albania)

Peasant Revolt
	; Hendrik Reimers, Dutch captain of the International Gendarmerie, captured by rebels (June 1914)
Date	1914
Location	Principality of Albania
Result	Principality of Albania victory Capture of Durrës; Creation of the Senate of Central Albania; Exile of Wilhelm of Wied; Death of Lodewijk Thomson; Death of Prenk Bib Doda; ;
Belligerents
Albania	Albanian Muslims;
Commanders and leaders
Vilhelm I; Lodewijk Thomson †; Prênk Bibë Doda; Isa Boletini; Essad Toptani (After October)	; Haxhi Qamili ; Arif Hiqmeti †; Musa Qazimi ; Mustafa Ndroqi
Units involved
	International Gendarmerie; Volunteers from Kosovo; Mirdita Catholic volunteers; Romanian volunteers; Austro-Hungarian volunteers; Albanian Navy (armed steamer Herzegovina);

The Peasant Revolt, also known as the Muslim uprising and in Albania as the Central Albania Uprising (Albanian: Kryengritja e Shqipërisë së Mesme), was an uprising of peasants from central Albania, mostly Muslims against the regime of Wilhelm, Prince of Albania during 1914. It was one of the reasons for the prince's withdrawal from the country which marked the fall of the Principality of Albania.^[2] The uprising was led by Muslim leaders Haxhi Qamili, Arif Hiqmeti, Musa Qazimi and Mustafa Ndroqi.^[3] Along with a demand of total amnesty, the rebels required the return of Albania to the suzerainty of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.^[4]^[5]

^ "LEVIZJA DUMBABISTE (TURKOMANE) E MUSA QAZIMI, LEVIZJE ANTISHQIPTARE (1914)- Prof. Abas Ermenji - DODONA NEWS". web.archive.org. 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
^ Heaton-Armstrong, Duncan (2005). "An Uprising in the Six-Month Kingdom". Gervase Belfield and Bejtullah Destani (IB Tauris, in association with the Centre for Albanian Studies). Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011. Muslim uprising in central Albania, one of the factors that led to the Prince's withdrawal from the country and the fall of the so-called six-month kingdom on the eve of the First World War.
^ "The Efforts to settle amputated Albania state". albaniainbrief.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011. Thousands of muslim peasants, …were exploited by their leaders Haxhi Qamili, Arif Hiqmeti, Musa Qazimi and Mustafa Ndroqi, …to rebel
^ Jelavich, Barbara (1999) [1983], History of the Balkans: Twentieth century, vol. 2, Cambridge, UK: The Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, p. 103, ISBN 0-521-27459-1, retrieved January 25, 2011, Soon the government was faced with major peasant revolt
^ "Fighting in Albania, The armistice broken". The Advertiser. Adelaide: 15. 1914. Retrieved January 25, 2011. Essad Pasha wished to obtain the Crown of Albania, and the peasants' revolt as well as Arif Hikmet's actions were his work.

[1] "LEVIZJA DUMBABISTE (TURKOMANE) E MUSA QAZIMI, LEVIZJE ANTISHQIPTARE (1914)- Prof. Abas Ermenji - DODONA NEWS". web.archive.org. 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2024-07-20.

[2] Heaton-Armstrong, Duncan (2005). "An Uprising in the Six-Month Kingdom". Gervase Belfield and Bejtullah Destani (IB Tauris, in association with the Centre for Albanian Studies). Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011. Muslim uprising in central Albania, one of the factors that led to the Prince's withdrawal from the country and the fall of the so-called six-month kingdom on the eve of the First World War.

[3] "The Efforts to settle amputated Albania state". albaniainbrief.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011. Thousands of muslim peasants, …were exploited by their leaders Haxhi Qamili, Arif Hiqmeti, Musa Qazimi and Mustafa Ndroqi, …to rebel

[4] Jelavich, Barbara (1999) [1983], History of the Balkans: Twentieth century, vol. 2, Cambridge, UK: The Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, p. 103, ISBN 0-521-27459-1, retrieved January 25, 2011, Soon the government was faced with major peasant revolt

[5] "Fighting in Albania, The armistice broken". The Advertiser. Adelaide: 15. 1914. Retrieved January 25, 2011. Essad Pasha wished to obtain the Crown of Albania, and the peasants' revolt as well as Arif Hikmet's actions were his work.

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Peasant Revolt (Albania)

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